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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

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Certain Chicago post offices were staying open until midnight for the taxtime procrastinators. On the way north from the Chicago suburbs to Wisconsin, I thought it would be a great idea to have my own PR firm. Thanks to Alex Vale, Fundstack ! #8- 8- My name and what I did then. Photo Credit: Kate Mura. I just love the word.

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Twitter Link Roundup #163 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Mobile Payments Market Predicted To Reach $90B By 2017, Up From $12.8B Chicago venture picture better than U.S. Coworking builds productive communities | GigaOM Pro – [link]. Productivity is Hard – [link]. Forrester: U.S. In 2012 | TechCrunch – [link]. Be Focused, Not Myopic | WSJ – [link]. in Q4 – [link].

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

At the time of its incorporation (2001), I had seen an article published by the University of Chicago showing that 82 % of CEOs had revenue growth as their #1 objective. I’d previously been the lead publicist at a very posh PR firm, and the running joke was that I was incredibly “off brand.” Thanks to Crystal Henry, Basic Pitch ! #8-

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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Formerly a suite of virtual services, the new full-service virtual solutions provider BELAY launched in January 2017. Codal is a full-service UX design and development agency, based out of Chicago. #8 – Term for Rock Climbing. Image Credit: Bryan Miles. 10 – Obsessed with Entrepreneurs & Music. Image Credit: Keval Baxi.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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I started my PR and marketing firm since I love startups and want to give them a chance to grow. 14 years later, our company is 110+ employees strong, housed in TWO buildings in the Chicago suburbs, and we’re continuing to challenge the status quo in the promo products industry, just like we’ve been doing since day one!

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Twitter Link Roundup #175 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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VC funding in Chicago is down more than 40% – [link]. By 2017 – [link]. Warby Parker Co-Founder: Creating A Strong Brand Without Marketing | PSFK – [link]. A New Way To Look At Optimism’s Role In Success | Fast Company – [link]. Startup Jedi: How to get through the sh*t times | GeekWire – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #290 – Seriously. A Ton of Good Stuff For Small Business, Startups, and Designers!

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Now that we’ve got you primed for your next visit to Chicago, settle back and enjoy this great set of links and articles that we shared with you over the past week on our crowdSPRING Twitter account (as well as my own Twitter account )! The Future of Marketing: What Will Your Marketing Look Like in 2017? crowdspring.co/1gRDXaT.